Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

‘Holdovers’ actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s grandmother’s glasses helped her ‘get back to the center’

(CNN) – Da’Vine Joy Randolph thinks it is “imperative” to pay it forward as a performer of color. “The people who have done it before me allow me to be in the position I’m in now,” Randolph said backstage, discussing her win for supporting actres...

FUNdraising Good Times: What board members need to know about budgeting

Mel and Pearl Shaw of Saad&Shaw Do you, as a nonprofit board member, want to take a nap when it’s time to talk about the budget? Maybe you have an important call to make? We urge you to change your ways! We’ve been talking with John Bazzanell...

Recorder Rewind: Minnesota Timberwolves at Indiana Pacers

Check out some of these amazing photos from the Minnesota Timberwolves versus Indiana Pacers game on March 11 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Downtown Indianapolis! Indiana Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith goes up strong in the paint against Minnesota Ti...

Hattie McDaniel’s Legacy: The Ongoing Journey for Equality in Hollywood

Hattie McDaniel’s historic win at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 marked a significant milestone in the film industry. She became the first African American to win an Oscar, receiving the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy...

Without A Doubt this is Joe Biden’s Worst Fear

The Democrats will never tell you their biggest fear, but I know what it is. Democrats find themselves in a no win situation, where delay is their only solution.Understand that many Americans believe Hunter Biden is guilty of influence peddling and f...

INDIANAPOLIS AFRICAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE (IAAQLI) ANNOUNCES THIRD ROUND OF GRANTS

Grants will fund programs and initiatives to improve the quality of life for African American Residents The National Urban League has selected 38 Indianapolis/Marion County not-for-profit organizations as the second recipients of grants from t...

This Women’s History Month make plans to engage in the political process

Kennedy Phillips Rosa Parks. Susan B. Anthony. Barbara Jordan. Sandra Day O’Connor. Madam C.J. Walker. Those are among the women most people think about during Women’s History Month. I think about my mom, my grandmother and my granna. They’r...

Holloway ’76 named to Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Emerson Trustee Doug Holloway ’76, president and founder of Homewood Media, was recently named to the 32nd Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame. The induction will take place on September 26, 2024, at the Ziegfe...

Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Hoosier State Press Association unite to address health disparities in Indiana

The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, a leading voice in community journalism, is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with the Hoosier State Press Association (HSPA) to intensify its commitment to spotlighting and addressing health dispar...

Birmingham Celebrates StrongHer: Power of Women Supporting Women

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times The City of Birmingham on Friday paid tribute to many of the city’s unsung she-roes. On International Women’s Day during Women’s History Month, Mayor Randall Woodfin, joined by this year’s honorees...

Rev. Thomas Beavers Delivers Keynote During Miles College’s 126th Founder’s Day

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Miles College celebrated its 126th Founder’s Day at First Baptist Church of Fairfield with Dr. Thomas Beavers, pastor of New Rising Star — known as “The Star” — as the keynote speaker. “I was honored that [Mil...

BMA Expands African American Collection With Rare Joshua Johnson Portrait

artsbma.org Joshua Johnson’s Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin (1804–1892). The Birmingham Museum of Art continues to expand its collection of African American art with the purchase of Joshua Johnson’s Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin (1804–1892). Johnson, wi...

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Wife, Kendra, Expecting First Child

By AJ Holliday | CBS 42 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and his wife Kendra are expecting their first child, according to an Instagram post Sunday. The mayor posted a photo of himself holding his wife’s stomach, a...

Spotlight on Virginia prisons: Why Virginia’s remote prisons need to be publicly exposed and closed

Red Onion State Prison, shown here, and Wallens Ridge State Prison were “sold” to the people of Appalachia as a replacement for lost coal-mining jobs, and the prisons were built on the sites of “mountaintop removal” open-pit mining. Those sites are...

Ben Jealous: Whales are dying and the fossil fuel industry is lying

Adobe Stock Photo (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Whoever would have thought fossil fuel industry front groups would make whales and other marine species a cultural wedge issue? However, thanks to a deception campaign targeting wind energy that’s exactly where...